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Essential Kitchen Accessories for Your Kitchen

Everyone knows a kitchen is a place where you can do your cooking. However, not everyone actually knows that in order to be able to cook and serve some delicate foods, it is of utmost importance to have the all the essential kitchen accessories available in the kitchen. Taking that into consideration, there should be nothing wrong for you to start learning about what accessories you actually need for your kitchen. It is highly recommended that you do not do the same mistake as other homeowners that only try to have every single tool available in their kitchen but is never used anyway.

So, to begin with, you need to have a large chef’s knife available in your kitchen. With large knives, you can work faster, prepare things more easily and you will have your efficiency increased as well. Yes, it is true that most cooks, especially beginners, will choose to use only the small knives. However, it is of utmost importance that they learn using larger knives.

Besides the large chef’s knife mentioned earlier, it is also essential to have a paring knife. Make sure that you have a sharp one, though. This kind of knives is especially useful for trimming, peeling potatoes or apples, slicing softer foods and for precision work. Speaking of the paring knife, you can even go for the ones that feature either high-carbon steel or ceramic blades. One thing to note here, however, is that this knife will not be with you for the rest of your life. Therefore, it is best to choose one that is friendly to your budget and feels comfortable to grip in the hands.

The next accessory that you should have in your kitchen as well is a grater, preferably a microphone grater. You can use this for grating foods as much as you like. Better yet, if you combine the microphone grater with a flat, standard grater, you will have all your grating needs covered without having to buy too many graters.

A slotted spoon is something you can’t miss in your kitchen. It helps you accomplish dozens of your cooking tasks. Straining, fishing out dumplings and retrieving poached eggs are just a few examples to mention. You may also want to have a large, plain spoon available next to your slotted spoon.

If you ever want to cook some soups, you will need a mesh strainer available while you cook. One of the advantages you can get from a mesh strainer is that it can also act as a steaming basket as well as a colander. That said, you can save money and space.

Metal tongs are likely the next kitchen accessory you should spend your money on. These tongs can help you turn meats around, fish burning toasts, flip French toasts and also get some noodles out of the boiling water in the wok. Of course, there are still plenty of other things metal tongs can help you with.

Bread knife is another essential accessory for your kitchen. This specialized knife will really do you great favor when it comes to slicing loaves of bread. Unlike the regular knives, this knife will make sure that your loaves of bread will not become a mess when sliced.